Is This D’Eriq King’s Heisman Moment?

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🗓️ 9 October 2020

⏱️ 28 minutes

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When the #7 Miami Hurricanes take on #1 Clemson on Saturday night, it will be a matchup of two of this year’s top contenders for the Heisman Trophy. One is a household name to college football fans: Clemson QB Trevor Lawrence, whose golden boy image and physical gifts have made his success seem preordained. The other, is shorter, less heralded...and has been underestimated his entire career: Miami QB D’Eriq King. King’s road to this marquee matchup has been anything but normal. After beginning his career at the University of Houston, King was asked to redshirt as a senior when the team got off to a rocky start. Instead of returning to the Cougars, King transferred to Miami for his senior year. Off the field, he’s faced personal tragedy: his mother was diagnosed with breast cancer last year, and his father died this February of a heart attack. Sam Khan Jr. has covered King since his high school football days, and joins the show to share King’s unique story. Then: an ode to Dion Waiters, the most unlikely possible NBA champion, ahead of Game 5 of the NBA Finals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I mean, obviously it's a lot at stake. It's the next game, so it's a big game for us playing number one team in the country.
0:06.6	I can't remember the last time Clinton lost a conference game.
0:10.0	So I just going there and just getting the win, it'll be a big deal.
0:16.7	That was Miami Hurricane's starting quarterback Deerrick King, talking about tomorrow night's
0:22.4	massive showdown against the Clemson Tigers.
0:25.1	The seventh ranked hurricanes are clear underdogs to the top-ranked tigers.
0:29.9	But if Miami is able to pull off this upset, it would probably be thanks to their quarterback,
0:36.0	and it wouldn't be the first time he's been underestimated.
0:40.0	Today, we chronicle the amazing journey of Dera King with a reporter who's been covering him
0:46.0	since the very beginning to find out if the undersized transfer can propel the hurricanes
0:51.6	into the national title hunt and launch himself to the very front of the Heisman race.
0:59.0	I'm Pablo Torre. It's Friday, October 9th.
1:03.0	This is ESPN Daily.
1:15.6	Houston's own Sam-Con. What's up, man? How you doing?
1:17.5	I'm good, Pablo. How are you?
1:23.0	Sam Khan Jr. is a native Houstonian, and he covers college sports for ESPN.
1:34.2	I'm bringing you on today because, first off, we have the biggest college football game of the season happening this weekend, number seven Miami taking on number one Clemson.
1:37.8	It's a matchup of two top Heisman Trophy candidates.
1:40.1	One of them, everybody knows.
1:41.9	That's Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence.
1:46.4	The other one you're particularly familiar with.
1:52.1	And that's Miami quarterback Deerrick King, who you started covering in high school, right?
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